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Connections: Debating "Friends"

Are you a fan of Friends ? The megahit show just had its long-awaited cast reunion. In a piece for the Atlantic, Megan Garber writes that the special...
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Fri, 05/28/2021 - 10:45am
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Connections: Discussing "The United States of Al" and representation on television

A new CBS sitcom called “The United States of Al” tells the story of an Afghan interpreter who is reunited with a Marine veteran in the U.S. after...
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Fri, 04/09/2021 - 10:22am
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Connections: The year in TV and film

We discuss the year in TV and film. As noted by the Atlantic Monthly, 2020 was an ambitious year for TV watching, where "tackling 121 episodes of a...
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Mon, 12/21/2020 - 9:28am
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Connections: Discussing the state of diversity in television in 2020

21 years ago this month, the NAACP was advocating a boycott of the major television networks. That's because the networks had just released their fall...
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Wed, 08/05/2020 - 11:02am
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Connections: Analyzing NBC's "The Good Place" and its take on heaven and hell

What if there’s a heaven, but it’s kind of… boring? That’s just one of the many questions explored by the recently departed NBC series, “The Good Place,...
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Mon, 02/03/2020 - 11:27am
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